UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~November~~March 1025, ~~2025~~2026

DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida	001-38331	86-0787790
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

150 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1200, Coral Gables, Florida 33134
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (305) 774 -0407

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.015 par value per share		DLPN		The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 52.0702. ~~Submission~~Results of ~~matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~vote of security holders~~Condition.

On ~~November~~March 1025, ~~2025~~2026, ~~the~~Dolphin Entertainment, ~~Company~~Inc., ~~held~~a ~~its~~Florida ~~annual meeting~~corporation ~~of shareholders~~ (the “~~Annual Meeting~~Company”)~~. A total of 13~~,~~183,943~~ ~~votes~~issued ofa ~~the~~press ~~Company’s~~release ~~voting~~announcing ~~capital~~its ~~stock~~financial results ~~were~~for ~~present~~the oryear ~~represented~~ended byDecember ~~proxy at the Annual Meeting~~31, ~~representing~~2025. ~~approximately~~A ~~sixty-nine~~copy ~~percent (69%)~~ of the ~~votes~~Company’s ~~entitled to~~earnings bepress ~~cast~~release byis ~~the~~furnished ~~Company’s~~as ~~shareholders~~Exhibit as99.1 ofto ~~September~~this ~~15,~~Current Report ~~2025,~~on ~~the~~Form ~~record~~8-K ~~date~~and ~~for~~incorporated ~~the~~herein ~~Annual~~by ~~Meeting~~reference.

AtThe information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Annual~~Securities Exchange ~~Meeting~~Act of 1934, ~~four~~as amended (4the “Exchange Act”), ~~proposals~~or ~~were submitted~~otherwise ~~for~~subject ato ~~vote~~the liabilities of that section, nor incorporated by reference in any registration statement filed by the Company’s ~~shareholders~~under ~~and~~ the ~~related~~Securities ~~results~~Act ~~are~~of 1933, as ~~follows:~~amended.

~~Proposal~~Item No9.01. 1:Financial ~~The~~Statements ~~election of William O’Dowd, IV, Mirta Negrini, Michael Espensen, Nelson Famadas, Hilarie Bass, Nicholas Stanham~~ and ~~Claudia Grillo for terms until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders or until such directors’ successor shall have been duly elected and qualified~~Exhibits. ~~The shareholders elected the seven (7) directors by the following votes:~~

Name	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
William O’Dowd, IV	9,090,233	297,368	3,796,342
Mirta Negrini	9,006,939	380,662	3,796,342
Michael Espensen	8,793,626	593,975	3,796,342
Nelson Famadas	8,876,950	510,651	3,796,342
Hilarie Bass	9,126,025	261,576	3,796,342
Nicholas Stanham	8,876,290	511,311	3,796,342
Claudia Grillo	9,173,274	214,327	3,796,342

(d) Exhibits

Proposal No. 2: The shareholders ratified Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm by the following votes:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated March 25, 2026
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Votes For	12,903,793
Votes Against	224,472
Abstentions	55,678

SIGNATURES

~~Proposal~~Pursuant ~~No. 3: The shareholders voted~~ to ~~approve, for~~ the requirements ~~purposes~~ of ~~complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d),~~ the ~~issuance~~Securities ofExchange ~~shares~~Act of ~~our common stock to Lincoln Park Capital Fund~~1934, ~~LLC (“Lincoln Park”), pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement, dated August 12, 2025, by and between~~ the ~~Company~~registrant ~~and~~has ~~Lincoln~~duly ~~Park,~~caused inthis anreport ~~amount equal~~ to ~~20%~~be orsigned ~~more~~on ofits ~~our~~behalf ~~common~~by ~~stock outstanding before~~ the ~~execution of such Purchase~~undersigned ~~Agreement~~hereunto byduly ~~the following votes:~~authorized.

Votes For	9,003,484
		DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Votes Against	351,312
Date: March 25, 2026		By:	/s/ Mirta A. Negrini
Abstentions	32,805
			Mirta A. Negrini
Broker Non-Votes	3,796,342
			Chief Financial Officer

Proposal No. 4: The shareholders voted to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the 2024 compensation to the Company’s named executive officers by the following votes:

Votes For	9,037,607
Votes Against	320,072
Abstentions	29,922
Broker Non-Votes	3,796,342

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Date: November 12, 2025

/s/ Mirta A. Negrini

Mirta A. Negrini

Chief Financial Officer

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